Three Kingdoms Eschatology

But in this way, Zhu Luo Kingdom will also lead to a sharp drop in its own tax revenue.And the loss is not necessarily less than that of Liang Guo.Based on this point, Zhuge Liang concluded that it is very unlikely that the Chola people will completely close the island of Ceylon.

The governor Zhuge Liang had already made a decision, and everyone in Manzhou took action immediately.Although Lin Tao's navy is not directly under the control of Myanmar, he believes that Feng Yu's edict will be issued to Tenglong City in the near future, so that the navy will be temporarily dispatched by Zhuge Liang.So Lin Tao is also actively preparing for war in Tenglong City.

In the winter of the 11th year of Jian'an, Manchuria made all kinds of war preparations, with heavy troops garrisoned in every key point. Except for a dozen ships of the navy that cruised to Daxizhou on a regular basis, the rest of the ships were gathered in Tenglong City. In the military port.These include nearly [-] ocean-going multi-masted galleons and more than [-] traditional Chula galleys.

Those ocean-going multi-masted galleons were naturally produced by the Tenglong City system shipyard, but these Zhuluo-style galley warships were all built by Zhuluo craftsmen. There is no need for Liang Guo, and it is impossible to go to Wu Guo or Wei Guo. Summon craftsmen who can build Han-style ships.

Originally, Gan Tuoli and Lang Yaxiu also wanted to send ships to form an alliance with Liang Jun's navy.Lin Tao considered them again and again, but still rejected them, but Lin Tao repaired a letter, allowing them to harass Zhu Luojun when they have the opportunity.

Feng Yu's edict also arrived as scheduled, and Liang Guo's second war against Zhu Luo broke out immediately.The fleet sailed out of Tenglong City Naval Port in mighty force, heading straight for Andaman Island.

At this time, the Andaman Sea was clear and the water surface was as calm as a mirror.At dawn on the second day, as soon as the sun rose, the patrol ships of the Choro Third Fleet sailed out of the port as usual to carry out patrol missions in the Andaman Sea.

Soon, a maritime patrol of the Third Fleet spotted two or three Chura-style warships, which appeared on the horizon one after another.Zhu Luojun thought they were merchant ships and hurriedly surrounded them.

These Zhu Luo light boats were traveling extremely fast, and within a short while they were less than dozens of battles away from the opponent's fleet.Zhu Luobing on the boat started shouting, ordering the boat to come up for inspection.

Chapter 401 New Battleships and Ballistas

The incoming ship was the advance detachment of Liang Guo's fleet.Their warships were disguised as merchant ships, but each ship was equipped with several old-fashioned ballistas used by the Liang Army Army.

Although the Chula soldiers on the battleship were hoarse from shouting, it was ballistas who came to the ship to respond to them.

Zhu Luo soldiers suddenly noticed several black dots protruding from the opponent's ship, and these black dots became bigger and bigger, and finally saw that these were huge stones that had been roughly polished.Most of the stone bombs fell into the sea, causing waves several feet high.Only then did Zhu Luobing come to his senses, and one by one they shouted loudly: "It's an enemy ship! It's an enemy ship! Ready for battle!".

Bang, click, there was a series of loud noises of wood breaking.It turned out that a Zhuluo battleship that was too close to the opponent was hit by three or four stone bullets.A stone bullet directly pierced the ship's side of the Chula battleship, and another hit the battleship's mast.The last shot shattered the head of the ship commander.The battleship immediately splashed sawdust, flesh and blood, and brains.

"Quick! Hurry up! We are at a disadvantage at this distance," the officer on the flagship of the Zhuluo patrol fleet shouted loudly.At this time, Zhu Luo's warship must either stay away, or join forces with Liang Jun's warship, otherwise he will be in a situation where he can only be beaten by the opponent but unable to fight back.

But the general of Zhu Luo didn't consider what price he would have to pay for rushing forward.The closer the Zhuluo warship was to the Liang army warship, the more accurate the latter's ballista was.At a distance of more than a dozen battles, it can almost hit the target directly.

Sure enough, the Zhu Luo warships approaching Liang Jun's fleet were shot one after another, the sawdust was splashed, and the sails were torn.The Zhu Luo soldiers on the battleship began to fight back with bows and crossbows, and the arrows shot at the Liang army battleship densely.It's just that there are basically no soldiers on the deck of Liang Jun's battleship, so it has no effect.

The Zhuluo people also fired rockets and ignited Liang Jun's sails, but Liang Jun had already prepared for it. There was a fire-fighting bucket on the top of the mast. When he pulled it with a rope, the bucket turned over and the water fell, quickly extinguishing the fire.

After all, the firing rate of the ballistas was very slow. No matter how hard Liang Jun tried, each Zhuluo warship was shot two or three times. Only one Chuluo battleship was penetrated below the waterline and sank due to water ingress.

But in the end Zhu Luobing fell into a catastrophe.Because Liang Jun fired explosive bombs, when the warships of both sides were less than ten battles away, a fireball fell on the Zhu Luo ship within a distance of several battles.Rapidly ignited a fire that soared into the sky.It happened to be a sunny day, the sails and decks were extremely dry, and the ship that was shot immediately turned into a fire ship.

There are also fire suppression measures on the Chula battleship, but they have little effect on explosive bombs.They did not use water to extinguish the fire, but instead exacerbated the spread of the fire.The water flow carried the fire everywhere.Zhu Luobing, who had turned into a burning man on the boat, jumped into the sea screaming and was mercilessly shot to death by Liang Jun.

The Zhuluo patrol fleet was quickly wiped out, and only three sailors in the Liang army were killed or injured by arrows.

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Two hours later, on the surface of the sea outside the Andaman Military Port, shadows of sails flashed one after another from the horizon.There are hundreds of ships stacked on top of each other.The rhythm of the alarm bells in Andaman Harbor is getting faster and faster.The Zhu Luo soldiers stationed in the port rushed out in a swarm and rushed to their respective warships.

Because of Mo An's long-term slack and lack of training, the skill level of the Third Fleet has dropped a lot.Moreover, the new commander of the Third Fleet just took office not long ago, and many of his subordinates were not familiar with each other, which also caused the government order to fail.

So at this critical moment, all Zhu Luo's soldiers were in a mess.When they were ready, they were already half an hour behind the daily training requirements.Liang Jun's fleet has also pressed up.

Some Zhu Luo ships rushed out of the port as soon as possible, and engaged Liang Jun's warships.But there are still a considerable number of Zhuluo warships crowded into a group in the port, so that no one can leave the port.

The battleships of the two armies outside the port began to shoot at each other with ballistas and crossbows.I saw stone bombs, fireballs, and arrows flying all over the sea.From time to time, there was the sound of crackling and cracking wood after the warship was hit by stone bullets, and from time to time, the miserable cries of the Chula battleship and the burning man on the battleship could be seen.

Lin Tao's flagship was an ocean-going sailing ship. This flagship and the rest of the ocean-going sailing ships broke down far away from the battlefield.Just attack the Chula battleship with the new giant ballista equipped on the ship.

Lin Tao did this not only because these huge sailboats are not suitable for close combat, but also because these sailboats also carry a large number of infantry for landing and occupying Andaman Island.

However, among the warships for close-range water combat, there are many new warships of the Liang Kingdom Navy.These warships are also galley warships, the bilge space is full of strong sailors, and each ship has hundreds of oars.During the battle, the sailors work together to row the oars, and the battleship can move forward like flying.There is also a metal ram in front of the underwater ship's stern, once it hits an enemy ship, it can tear the enemy ship in half.

The Chuluo people have seen such warships before, and the Mediterranean countries in the west are used to using such warships.Such warships cannot sail long distances unless intensive supply points are set up along the way.But there is no such restriction when accompanied by ocean-going sailing ships.

Liang Jun also loaded this warship with a new type of ballista based on vulcanized rubber technology.These ballistas are smaller than ordinary ballistas, but their power has been increased by more than three times.Moreover, through the energy brought by the movement of the hull, the water wheel installed on the bottom of the ship and the chain reciprocating mechanical device are driven to achieve the purpose of automatic winding and automatic firing of the ballista.Turned the Ballista into an automatic weapon.Of course, this premise is that the oarsman must row hard to make the boat move forward at high speed.If it is a stationary ship, the ballista hand still has to manually wind it with a winch.

At the moment, a Zhu Luo warship was rushing towards a new Liang Jun galley warship from the flank. It tried to hit the opponent's side with its hard bow, and engaged in a gang fight.From the bilge of Liang Jun's battleship, there was a rapid bell sound, which was an order from the captain on the deck.The general in charge of commanding the oarsmen shouted loudly with a whip, and the oarsmen immediately followed the command and rhythmically rowed the long oars.

The white waves rolled on both sides of the ship, and it was already moving forward like an arrow leaving the string.The Zhu Luo battleship at the rear was about to catch up with the opponent, but was suddenly pulled away by the opponent.The general on the Chula battleship shouted: "Full pursuit! Shoot arrows, shoot rockets!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he found a fireball shot out from the rear of the opponent's battleship.He groaned inwardly, but the fireball fell into the sea, which made him heave a sigh of relief.But after only seven or eight breaths, another fireball flew over.

The fireball landed on the bow deck of the Zhu Luo battleship, and the fire soared into the sky.But the matter is not over yet. Seven or eight breaths later, another Liang Jun explosive bomb landed on the deck of the Zhu Luo battleship...

Chapter 402 Andaman Sea Battle

On both sides of Liang Jun's galley warship, more than a hundred long oars flew up and down.The battleship was sprinting forward in the tumbling white waves. The water flow in the bilge drove the engine wheel installed in the belly of the ship, and then drove the ballista mechanism at the stern through the transmission and speed change mechanical components.

The ballista strings and crossbow arms are continuously opened by the mechanism, and the hot bullets rolling down from the magazine are shot out. The instant the hot bombs are fired, they are ignited by the brazier placed at the front of the ballista, turning into fireballs and then thrown at the target.

At this time, a fireball was fired from the tail of the Liang army warship, and it landed on the Chu Luo warship trying to chase it more than a dozen battles away without missing a beat, and the latter was immediately engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.The Zhuluo soldier who turned into a burning man on the boat screamed and jumped into the sea.

In less than half an hour, all the dozen or so Zhuluo battleships that sailed out of the Andaman military port were reimbursed.Except for the Zhu Luo ship that tried to hit Liang Jun's warship, which posed a little threat to Liang Jun, the other Zhu Luo warships had no room to fight back.

Soon, Liang Jun's warships blocked the Andaman military port, and all the ballistas and archers on the warships shot at the port indiscriminately.The battleships of the Zhu Luo army were already crowded into a group, and under such dense projection, the result can be imagined.The sea in the entire port was boiling.The stone bombs hit huge waves, and the wreckage of ships crushed by the stone bombs floated everywhere on the sea.Dozens of Chula warships were already on fire.

Occasionally, the Zhuluo warships that ran out of the port were immediately surrounded and wiped out by Liang Jun's warships.Seeing that the situation was not good, some Zhu Luo generals hurriedly docked their warships, and they wanted to abandon the ship and land.

Even if they can abandon their ships and land now, it is too late. More than a hundred Liang Guo galleons full of soldiers quietly circled to five miles north of the port, and they used the boats on board, Viking ships and other small boats to transport the soldiers and horses. Upper Andaman Island.When the Liang Army warships surrounded and wiped out the Zhuluo warships in the port, the Liang Army's landing troops successively unloaded more than [-] soldiers and horses on the island.

At this time, the three thousand soldiers marched south along the coastline of Andaman Island, and soon arrived at Andaman Port.In addition to the sailors, the Andaman port has only [-] infantry garrisoned.

More than a dozen Liang Army galleons moored on the distant sea began to bombard the camp in Andaman Port with giant ballistas.With a loud bang, a stone bullet hit the watchtower of the camp, the main pillar of the watchtower was immediately broken by the stone bullet, and the whole watchtower collapsed to the ground.Another explosive bomb landed in the camp, causing the Zhuluo infantry who were watching the naval battle to run around in shock.

Suddenly, there was a large stream of people on the beach by the coast, many of whom were riding tall horses.The infantry generals in the battalion immediately understood what was going on, and shouted: "The enemy has landed, be on alert, everyone is on alert and ready to fight!"

The Zhuluo infantry entered their respective combat positions against the ballista and stone bullets that flew from time to time.Arrows flew towards Liang Jun like a shower.The soldiers of the Liang army set up a shield wall and stopped thirty battles away from the wall of the village.Behind the shield wall, the longbowmen also began to shoot at the Zhu Luo army in the camp.

After a Zhuluo crossbowman shot an arrow at Liang Jun, he immediately crouched behind the half-person-high wooden shield wall and shot arrows up and down.Suddenly, he felt a smelly wind pressing down, and before he raised his eyes, he found a shadow covering him.With a crisp snap, the Zhu Luo soldier's headgear and skull were scratched out with five bloody holes, and he was thrown out of the battle.

In the eyes of the surrounding Zhu Luo soldiers, what they saw was a giant eagle descending from the sky. After striking the crossbowman with its claws, it immediately rose into the air.When they reacted, they shot arrows at the giant eagle randomly, but it was too late, the giant eagle had already spread its wings and soared high in the sky.

Only then did Zhu Luo's soldiers realize that there were more than a dozen giant eagles flying in the sky, and they would swoop down at any moment and kill Zhu Luo's soldiers with one blow.Therefore, while defending Liang Bing, Zhu Luobing had to devote more than half of his energy to guarding against the air.

At this time, the heavy ballista on the multi-masted galleon was still bombarding the camp, and huge stone bombs weighing nearly a hundred catties, and explosive bombs as big as pumpkins were still being projected one after another.The soldiers of the Liang Army in front of the camp also set up light ballistas. This kind of light ballista also uses rubber bands with twisted knots as the energy storage material. Ballista comparable.

Under the attack of large and small stone bombs, explosive bombs, and long bows and heavy arrows, the Zhu Luo soldiers were so crushed that they couldn't lift their heads.There was a loud bang, and a section of the already broken wooden wall was hit again by a stone bullet weighing seven to eighty catties.The entire wall collapsed in an instant.

Liang Jun immediately lined up and pressed towards the gap.Under the command of the general's hoarse shouts, Zhu Luo's soldiers also rushed to the gap, trying to block Liang Jun and seal the gap.But seventeen or eighteen stone bombs, explosive bombs, and dozens of heavy arrows rushed towards the gap.

A stone bullet the size of a watermelon fell into the dense Zhu Luo army formation. It first smashed the head of a soldier, then shattered another Zhu Luo soldier into two pieces, and finally hit the head of a Zhu Luo general. On the greaves, there was a click, and the calf of General Zhu Luo was broken in two.

After a few explosive bombs landed on the ground, they burst into flames that soared into the sky.Twenty or so Zhu Luo soldiers couldn't dodge in time, their whole bodies were wrapped in raging fire. They ran around screaming with raging fire, while the rest of Zhu Luo soldiers ran away one after another.Thirty Zhuluo soldiers were shot through their bodies by random arrows.

It is not easy for the Zhuluo people to keep from collapsing at this time, how can they keep the army in order.When they were in a mess, Liang Jun's army pressed forward. It was still the practice of Liang Jun's infantry. Before the short soldiers met, the flying spears and javelins were thrown intensively.At the gap, countless Zhu Luo soldiers were pierced through the body by javelins.

Then, without any suspense, Liang Jun's shield wall and gun forest pressed over like a mountain.After several rounds of stabbing, the Chola people who were already in chaos were stabbed and killed hundreds of people.Most of the remaining people had completely collapsed morale and began to flee to the depths of the camp in a panic.

Commands of generals sounded in Liang Jun's army formation, and the entire army formation immediately moved away from both sides.Hundreds of Liang Jun rode their horses and raised their guns to kill the camp. They were used to chase down the defeated Zhu Luo infantry, which can only be described as slaughter.

Liang Jun's heavy cavalry divided into several groups, and rampaged in the Zhuluo camp.Countless Zhuluo soldiers fell under their spears, maces and iron hooves.Zhuluo soldiers began to open the other gates of the camp and fled outwards, most of them knelt down and begged for surrender.

In the port, there are very few Chula warships left, and most of them have hoisted white flags.The surrendered Zhu Luo battleship dropped its anchor under the supervision of Liang Jun's warship, and the soldiers gathered on the uppermost deck, discarding their weapons and raising their hands, waiting for Liang Jun's disposal.Only a few Zhuluo warships still tried to sneak out of the port and escape, but even if he managed to sneak out of the port, they were caught up and wiped out by the new fast ships of the Liang army.

Chapter 403 The New Tax Law

The sun hangs low on the sea level, illuminating the entire Andaman Sea red, like a sea of ​​blood.The sea was littered with floating corpses and the wreckage of warships.Ashore, in the camp of the Third Fleet,

A heavy cavalry holding Liang Jun's banner stepped over half of the Zhuluo corpse, smashing his head to pieces.Moments later, the flag was planted on the only watchtower in the camp that hadn't collapsed.The head of the unlucky General of the Third Fleet who had just taken office was also hung at the gate of the camp.

So far, the Liang army has completely wiped out the Zhuluo Third Fleet. Although it cannot be said that it has completely controlled the entire island, it has captured the Third Fleet's camp on the shore and wiped out most of the Zhuluo infantry stationed here.The remaining Zhu Luo soldiers who fled into the depths of the island were either wiped out by the Liang army, killed by beasts, or died of hunger from malaria.There is no need for Liang Jun to search and kill them specifically, just let them fend for themselves.

The news of Lin Tao's fleet's great victory in the Andaman Sea quickly spread to Sawady, but Zhuge Liang, who was sitting here, was not very happy. He wiped out the third fleet of Zhuluo, captured the Andaman Islands, and gained control of the Andaman Sea. What he expected.What really determines the future is the reaction of King Zhu Luo next, and this is what makes Zhuge Liang really nervous.

If Karikala didn't respond, then Liang Guo's strategic goal was achieved, and the troops could be temporarily suspended.Otherwise, we will continue to go to war, and even need to work on an expedition.

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In the palace of Thanjavur City, there was a bang sound.The maids in the palace didn't dare to show their breath, and carefully cleaned up the pieces of porcelain on the floor.Karikala had received the news that the Third Fleet had been wiped out, and he was so angry that he threw the porcelain bowl in his hand on the floor.

"Hurry up, call the group of ministers to the palace, the king has something important to discuss with them!" Karikala ordered the servants in the palace.In fact, he had already made a decision in his heart, and the convening of the group of ministers was just to tell them his own decision, not that he was undecided and wanted to discuss with others.

In less than half an hour, the important officials and nobles living in the inner city outside the palace had arrived and gathered in the hall.After they collectively bowed down to salute Karikala, they sat cross-legged on both sides, while Karikali himself sat on the top of the head.

Karikara raised her lowered eyes and said, "Many of you may already know why this king summoned you here."

"The despicable and cunning Liang Jun took advantage of our civil strife a few years ago and captured Hongshawadi, and then invaded the Southeast Islands, and took all the vassal states of our Chula Empire into Liang State. Now they have intensified and even attacked our Andaman Island The naval base above, our Third Fleet was caught off guard and completely wiped out by it. What do you think, how should this king deal with this abominable Liang country?"

Some of the ministers of Zhu Luo did not know about the demise of the Third Fleet, and they were also taken aback by hearing this.At this time, a loud voice came from the hall: "Your Majesty, if we don't attack this thief country head-on, I'm afraid they will gain an inch. Moreover, they have seriously violated the interests of our Zhuluo Empire and threatened the security of our homeland. .Your faithful servant, I, Rahal, would like to lead a large army from Magadha to attack the north of Hongshawady, cut off the back of the Shawady Harbor Liang Army, and at the same time, let the Fourth Fleet attack from the south sea In Sawady Port, under the attack from the north and the south, our army will surely defeat the Liang army."

The speaker was none other than Lahar, the general of the Great Army who invaded Yizhou and Shu a few years ago.Because of the defeat in the war, he was deprived of the post of general of the Grand Army, and now he is just a nominal post, serving as an servant in the capital city of Thanjavur.He has always been worried about the defeat by Liang Jun, so seeing this opportunity, how could he let it go, and immediately suggested that Karikala send troops to attack Liang.

Karikala lowered his eyes again, and just asked in a deep voice: "A large army... Is this enough?" Rahal was slightly taken aback, he didn't understand what Karikala meant for a while.He murmured: "In terms of military strength, of course the more the better."

Karikala fell into silence again.At this time, an old minister with white beard and hair suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done." After finishing speaking, he looked at Rahal again and said:

"Back then, when the strength of our Zhuluo Empire was at its peak, your entire army of 10 horsemen in Rahal was defeated by Liang Jun, and Liang Jun took advantage of the situation to occupy Hongshawadi and almost wiped out the first army. Two major legions. Now that the Zhu Luo Empire has just quelled the internal strife and fought against powerful enemies outside, it is the time when the weakest are about to rest and recuperate, yet you can defeat the Liang army with a large army? Isn't this just a dream. "

Rahal's scar was uncovered, and he squeaked a little annoyed, "This time, that time. That defeat was because my legion went deep into the opponent's hinterland alone..."

Before he finished speaking, the old minister remonstrated to Karikala: "Your Majesty, our treasury is now empty, and our army will be exhausted. If we send a large army to expedition to Liang, we will not say whether we can win, but this battle War will definitely exhaust the power of the country and the people, and will cause civil strife to recur, please think twice, Wang."

Only then did Karikara raise his eyes again, and said calmly: "What the prime minister said is true, but if we completely ignore Liang Guo, he will definitely continue to make progress as Rahal said in the future. But my king listened It is said that Liang State is only a vassal state of the Eastern Han Empire, and there are many vassal states competing with it. And this Liang State, the main fiscal revenue comes from commercial taxes, most of which come from maritime merchants. But these maritime merchants need all Passing through our territory of Ceylon. Therefore, the king decided to impose heavy taxes on all merchants arriving in Hong Kong on Ceylon, so as to hit the tax revenue of Liang Guo. Once Liang Guo has no money, he will fight with them If we continue to lose in the competition of those vassal states, then our country will also grow stronger, and it will not be too late to deal with Liang State."

The prime minister of Zhu Luo was taken aback after hearing the big call from Karikala, and hurriedly reminded: "But my lord, in this way, our tax revenue of Zhu Luo will also be greatly reduced..."

Karikala had clearly made up his mind. He waved his hand and said, "If you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. As long as you can defeat Liang Guo in the end, these losses will be worth it. tax law!"

The news that the Zhu Luo Kingdom promulgated a new tax law on Ceylon Island reached Zhuge Liang's ears immediately.After reading the pond report submitted by the spy, Zhuge Liang shook his head and sighed: "It seems that someone has underestimated King Zhu Luo's will. He is going to die. In this case, we still need to go to war to solve this problem." Crisis. Someone wants to write a letter to the king, asking him to agree to our army's expedition to Ceylon."

Chapter 404

In the spring of the 12th year of Jian'an, the shadows of Liang Jun's warships appeared on the sea near Shawadi.They are going to complete an unprecedented expedition across the sea to attack the island of Ceylon.According to Lin Tao's opinion, the fleet took a straight line from Sawady Port to cross the Little Atlantic Ocean and arrive at Ceylon Island.

Xiaoxiyang, formerly known as Xiyang, refers to the sea between the west of the Indochina Peninsula and Shendu in a narrow sense, and refers to all oceans west of the Indochina Peninsula in a broad sense.Because Feng Yu said that after crossing a continent to the west of the Little Western Ocean, or crossing a vast inland sea called the Mediterranean Sea, you can see a new ocean, and that ocean is the real Western Ocean.So the officials in charge of surveying and mapping in Liang State named Xiyang Xiaoxiyang, and the Xiyang mentioned by Feng Yu was named Atlantic Ocean.

Ceylon Island is only separated from the southernmost tip of the Shendu subcontinent by a narrow strait. Although it did not belong to the inherent territory of the Chola people in history, the people on the island are not of the same ethnicity as the Chola people.But because it is so close to the Shendu Subcontinent, attacking it is also equivalent to entering the hinterland of Zhuluo Kingdom.

In the past history, the Chula navy attacked Hongshawadi, and even all parts of the southeastern peninsula, all advancing along the coastline.Such a straight-line attack across the sea is impossible with the current technical conditions, except for Liang Guo.

In order to keep it secret, Zhuge Liang issued a temporary sea ban order in the name of the governor of Myanmar a few days ago.All ships are not allowed to sail or stay in the vicinity of Sawady Port and Andaman Island within these few days, otherwise the ships will be confiscated and personnel will be detained.

At this time, all kinds of warships and warships of Liang Jun used the military port of Tenglong City one by one, and sailed to the distant Ceylon Island.The voyage is expected to last up to ten days, but this is also a full half of the distance of traditional sailing around the coast, and it can avoid the sight of the Zhu Luo army on the shore.

Within ten days, this huge fleet used more than one hundred galleons owned by Liang Guo, carrying nearly eight thousand soldiers.This is already the limit of a galleon on this voyage.There is still a lot of space in the cabin, but these spaces also need to be loaded with supplies for themselves and those of traditional galleys.

Except for a short stop at Andaman Island, the crew on the ship did not see a trace of land on the way.This is nothing to sailors who have experienced ocean voyages, but it is undoubtedly a very severe psychological test for most Liang soldiers.

This expedition is of great importance. As the supreme commander of this military operation, Zhuge Liang did not sit in Sawady Port, but went out with the army himself.Feng Yu temporarily dispatched his brother Zhuge Jin to take charge of the internal affairs of Myanmar State and the logistics of the Western Expeditionary Army.

In addition, Meng Huo and Zhang Ren, who are good at fighting in the southern jungle, were also taken by him.Yan Yan, who was stationed far away in Chengdu, heard that the army was going to make an expedition to Zhuluo, so he also asked Feng Yu to fight, but Feng Yu, considering his age, was afraid that he would lose his old bones overseas, so he did not agree to his request.

The clouds are low on the sky, and there are only hundreds of large and small warships on the endless ocean.Zhuge Liang stood on the deck with an ugly face, which was caused by his seasickness.Now he is much better than seven days ago. In the past few days, he suffered from seasickness and vomited to death every day.

"How long has it been since we sailed? How far are we from Ceylon?" Zhuge Liang asked Lin Tao beside him.

"Report to Commander Zhuge, counting from leaving Sawady Port. Today is the seventh day. According to the voyage calculation, we are still about [-] miles away from Ceylon Island, and we are expected to arrive in three days."

Zhuge Liang looked up at the sky with low clouds, and said worriedly: "I hope the heavens will be beautiful. Before we reach Ceylon Island, there will be no sea storms. Otherwise, it will be a disaster for our army."

Lin Tao also looked at the sky, and comforted Zhuge Liang, "Don't worry, the governor. Judging from someone's experience, this will not be a big storm. Our galleons can handle it completely. But, those ordinary galleys, I'm afraid It may be blown away by wind and waves."

Zhuge Liangliang nodded and said: "Before we set off, a certain person had prepared a lot of ropes. Now we can use ropes to connect these galleys and galleons to prevent them from being scattered by strong winds and waves."

Nearly an hour later, there was indeed a strong wind on the sea, and heavy rain poured down. The waves on the ocean were six to seven feet high.All kinds of ships are sinking and floating on the sea like duckweed.

All kinds of warships were immediately thrown into a mess by the wind and waves, scattered in all directions.Fortunately, Liang Jun had already made preparations and tied the ships together with ropes separated by tens of battles.In this way, the fleet will not be blown away by the strong wind, nor will collision accidents occur due to being too close.

Zhuge Liang asked the soldiers to tie themselves to the wooden posts in the cabin with ropes, and began to vomit again.When Zhuge Liang woke up, the sky had cleared, the storm had passed, and only the breeze pushed the hull to sway.

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Two days later, Lin Tao and Zhuge Liang came to the deck again, when suddenly a drop of liquid fell in front of them.Zhuge Liang thought it was raining, but Lin Tao exclaimed, "It's bird droppings!"

At this time, there was a chirping sound from the sky.The two looked up, and saw a seagull passing by the side of the ship, and then more and more seagulls gathered, flying along with the fleet.

Lin Tao said in surprise: "It seems that we are close to land." At this time, Liang Bing, who was in charge of looking out on the mast, confirmed his conjecture.That Liang Bing shouted: "I found land in the west! It's seventeen miles away!"

Zhuge Liang was also very pleasantly surprised, but his expression immediately turned into confusion and said: "General Lin, didn't you say that we should have arrived at Ceylon Island tomorrow? Why did we arrive a full day earlier?"

Lin Tao replied: "This must be the cause of the storm. It made us arrive at Ceylon Island ahead of time, or it made us deviate from the direction. A slight mistake, a thousand miles, this is also what we often encounter in our voyages."

Zhuge Liang's expression changed slightly and he said, "That means that piece of land may not be Ceylon."

"Exactly!"

"If it wasn't for Ceylon, then we would have reached the east coast of Chola's mainland."

Lin Tao replied affirmatively: "Indeed, may I ask the governor if we want to land here."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said: "No, we can't land here yet. I have given an order to all the ships to stay away from the coast and drop anchor on the spot. A small group of troops will also be sent to land to check whether this is Ceylon Island or the east coast of Chola itself. It would be best if it was Ceylon Island, we landed immediately, if not, we left here immediately, and quickly went south along the east coast of Choro to reach Ceylon Island. Remember, no matter what, before we capture Ceylon Island, we must not disturb the court of Chola."